Line #39 Fanfic/WinterThornsOfHighgarden


1	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12517995/1/Winter-Thorns-of-Highgarden Winter Thorns of Highgarden]]'' is a GenderFlip AlternateUniverse by Madrigal-in-training.
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3	So, everyone knows the deal: the princess is kept locked away by the dragon, the knight falls for the princess, the knight slays the dragon, the princess marries the knight. But how is the story supposed to go when the princess herself is a dragon, her knight a bookish lordling and the greatest threat to their budding romance either the old nosy lady or the too honorable father with his big sword? Welll...
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5	In which ''another'' Stark girl decides to elope with her Southern true love, who happens to be the quite sensible Willas Tyrell.
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7	!Tropes:
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9	* AbductionIsLove: Downplayed, the kidnapping is conducted with the bride's full consent. As Ned Stark would never approve of Lyarra going South and Olenna Tyrell wouldn't approve of Willas marrying a bastard, Willas "kidnapped" Lyarra to elope.
10	* AmazonChaser: Margaery implies this about her eldest brother, claiming "the trousers did it".
11	* ArrangedMarriage: You can't deny giving a Stark bride to the future Lord Tyrell in exchange for food and other necessities against winter has shades of this.
12	* BeneathNotice: Winterfell didn't really care about the kids doing their thing... which let said kids able to arrange a wedding and kidnapping right under everyone's nose.
13	* BetterAsFriends: Lyarra initially approached Samwell as a possible suitor. Finding out Samwell's disfavor with his father and their shared love of books turned into good friends.
14	* {{Bridezilla}}: Downplayed and by proxy with Sansa, who wants her sister to be the ''perfect'' bride. She's rather well-intentioned and her efforts mainly appreciated.
15	* DidntSeeThatComing: Westeros as a whole is stunned when bookish, chaste, sensible Willas Tyrell suddenly pulls an Oberyn and abducts a she-wolf for him to marry.
16	* DoggedNiceGuy: Poor Torrhen Karstark would have been a good husband for Lyarra. Unfortunately, he wasn't Willas Tyrell.
17	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: When Loras Tyrell comes at Winterfell, Theon admits he would totally make an exception to his gender preference for such a PrettyBoy.
18	* GenderFlip: Here, Jon Snow was born Lyarra Snow. Ghost also is female.
19	* GenerationXerox: Lyarra is basically Lyanna reborn in her life choices.
20	* HeroesLoveDogs: One of Willas Tyrell's major charm points - for Lyarra - is the fact he breeds dogs. Also, he has no problems whatsoever with Lyarra bringing her direwolf in Highgarden.
21	* HistoryRepeats: A daughter of House Stark falls in love with a Southern heir and ultimately elopes with him. Still, precautions were taken to ensure there wouldn't be another war over it.
22	** This same Stark daughter disguised herself as a mystery knight for a tourney, which aroused the Southern heir's interest.
23	** House Tyrell ending up in a nuptial arrangement with House Targaryen, but this time, the Tyrell doesn't run the Targaryen ''away'' from the marital bed.
24	* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Robb Stark is very much unhappy about Lyarra falling in love and deciding to wed. Oh, he doesn't get violent over it, but he certainly broods and decides to loathe Willas by principle.
25	* MarryForLove: Willas really wants to make Lyarra his wife, anything else - her bringing an alliance with the North or being a Targaryen - is tangential.
26	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Lyarra the willful OutdoorsyGal and Willas the GeniusCripple.
27	* PetTheDog: Willas turns Samwell into his steward to both win Lyarra's affection by helping her friend and save Samwell from being forced to take the Black by his father.
28	* PlatonicLifePartners: Lyarra Snow is still Samwell Tarly's best friend.
29	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Robb is shaping up to become one. He agrees to let his precious sister marry the man she loves - in spite of moping very much over it - but tries to gain the most he can from the upcoming alliance to ensure the North will prosper.
30	* ShipperOnDeck: Sansa is ''overjoyed'' about her bastard sister's romance and gleefully dives into the abduction and wedding's preparations.
31	* SkewedPriorities: A rather sweet example with [[DotingParent Mace]], who cares less about the consequences for House Tyrell's reputation when Willas marries a bastard than the fact he wasn't here for his eldest son's most important day.
32	* SneezeCut: Arya firmly and openly doubts the existence of a boy she would like to marry someday. Back in Dorne, Beric Dondarrion briefly worries about his squire Edric Dayne catching a cold because he sneezes so much.
33	* SweetPollyOliver: Lyarra as the Squire of Quills.
34	* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Sansa cut Lyarra's trousseau entirely by herself.
35	* ThisIsUnforgivable: Cat and her father are quite incensed when they learn ''the bastard'' was picked by a perfectly good bachelor instead of Sansa or Arya.
36	* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Lyarra is very much a skilled rider and wears trousers because it's pratical. When she comes back at Winterfell, she happily obliges to a sleepover with her sisters - with make-up and gossip, no less.
37	* UptownGirl: As heir to the Lordship of the Reach, Willas is this for a bastard girl, even one from noble stock. Except her SecretLegacy means a reversal of their roles, since a ''princess'' is certainly above a lord.

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